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tmt 8 th stouryumi tju3une thursday december 15 w55 claremont and pickering township district glenda taylor daughter of i mr and mr gordon taylor day of list week ve are sorry to report that j mr jack marselis mother pass ed away suddenly fa toronto last week mr and mrs cecil redman i and sors enjoyed a christmas party in toronto on saturday sponsored by westons bakery mr ross evans visited with toronto relatives on saturday a number of residents n tre village have expressed their feelings concerning tha need for a new fire alarm system the od siren which was re moved from the top of wards garage has never been re located under the present sys tem calls to members of the brigade are made only by tele phone mr roy mcleod has obtained the dealership for philco tele vision and appliances a hand some tv set would make a wonderful christmas gift a number of homes in the village have been gaily decor ated for the christmas holiday season the weekly euchres usually held every monday evening have been cancelled until after the new vear the wi will bo held on wed- nesdav dec 21st in the com munity hall motto if relig ion has done nothing for your temper it has done nothing for your soul roll call your choice in the local santa claus parade guest speaker mrs lackey christmas treat for shutins lunch comm mrs wilkes mrs tomlinson mrs anderson mrs gregg mrs clarence baker will provide in strumental music everyone welcome the baptist church annual christmas concert will take place on friday evening dec 10th at s oclock all the con gregation are invited mrs howard hockley vis ited with relatives in uxbrtdge on sunday mrs wallace enjoyed a visit and dinner with mrs connor on sunday miss sylvia johnston has been confined in the oshawa hospital during the past week with an appendix operation mr and mrs lloyd mason of toronto visited with her par ents mr and mrs john norton on sunday mrs ross redshaws father had the misfortune of falling out of the opened door of the sand truck he was driving last week at gormley crushing the bones in his knee legs and an kles and is in a serious condi tion in th hospital mrs cook of lansing was a sunday visitor with mr and imrs earl cooke and family the christmas sunday school concert will take place on fri day evening of this week in the united church commenc ing at s15 all the congregation and friends are invited the midweek prayer and bi ble study meeting will be dis continued until after the xew year in the united ss room the wms members held their meeting last thursday afternoon in the ss room with a fair attendance and president and secretary in their chairs christmas hymns were sung mrs loyst president for the past 2 years resigned owing to pressure of family duties in the coming year mrs carson first vicepresident presided during the programme during which time mrs t gregg play ed a christmas piano number which was greatly enjoyed mrs jackson reported for the mission hand whose members sold boxes of christmas cards and contributed around 50 to wards the allocation there are 25 missionary monthlies and 15 world friends subscribed for and there are 22 paidup mem bers of the wms the nominating committee reported offices filled for the xew year with the exception of president mrs johnson was appointed after mrs car son who had been first vice president for a number of vears declined to accept rev h lac key was in charge of th elec tion xew allocation is 35000 four youths charged with armed holdup of brougham snack bar four youths gary douglas cigarettes smith of greenwood william j completed and david ross fenton all of of toronto were rounded up by toronto and provincial police on saturday and charged with the holdup of the brougham country grill operated by mr william thomson the armed the roundup was with the arrest of robbery which netted the thie ves approximately 500 worth of cigarettes chocolate bars and jewellery took place dur ing the early hours of friday morning it was the second holdup within a month at the country grill on no 7 high way police closed their ring ar ound the youths after toronto constable john gallagher pick ed up a green car loaded with ugham mr thomson was alone in the grill when the thieves walk ed in two of he men tied the owner up while the others emptied the shelves of merchan dise they then went upstairs and took two diamond rings valued at 100 apiece upon leaving they took a mantel radio and disconnected the tele phone some of the youths involved in the brougham holdup re also charged with other thefts over a period from oct 31st to dec 9th in the series of break- ins and holdups about 2000 in cash stamps cigarettes and other articles were stolen ontario coops net a half million dollars this is the first time in its cooperatives will receive s343- history that united co-operat- g31 in common shares while ives of ontario netted halt a j nonmembers will receive 17- million dollars j e nephew jsts in cash patronage returns of woodstock ont and p-esi- for 1954 totalled s2071w dent of uco told delegates i distribution of petroleum dur- of the go000 farmermemier or- ing the past 12 months amount- ganization at its annual meetied in excess of 10 million gal- ing held december 12 and 23 ions compared with s million at the royal york hotel tc- in 1955 the development of ronto j propane as a domestic heating and mrs j mackenzie of ham- 1 iltoa carol atkinson of almonds i spent a few days this week with mr and mrs jonn puckrin mr mrs charlie ciemerce visited mrs s puckrin and miss margaret puckrin of osh- j awa on sunday evening mrs puckrin and margaret will be glad to have friends j call on them at their new home at 707 hortop avenue oshawa the community club held a box social in the school on wednesday evening the presi dent bob betson conducted the business the annual re- bags ofj nearly 3000 bushels of apples destroyed in weekend fire a fire on saturdav afternoon arrived the los this some 500 delegates from over i and tractor fuel is currently j ports were read and occupying the attention of j candy were given to the cnu- brig from pfeserin uco aren village and brougham 150 cooperatives located thro ughout ontario attended the twoday meeting xet cternings for the year ended sept 30 1955 totalled s504s75 this represented an increase of 200517 over the 1954 earnings of 30405s patronage returns for the year totalled s3974s1 of which was only a completely destroyed a two- portion of this years apple storev building containing near- crop the cause of the blaze is ly 3000 bushels of apples the unknown property of mr l w burt southeast of ciaremont on the j a couple without children 0th concession of piekerhtg j always manages to find trouble the loss is estimated at 7500 of some other sort to fill the vacancy the volume handled in the livestock division represented approximately onethird of the total stock arriving at the on tario stock yads gross value of stock handled was 21953- 59s with net earnings at 03- 703 brougham mr and mrs bonnis and mr green river mr and mrs chas lehman and mrs rosenburg of toronto and family of shelbourne were also mr and mrs wm wyman sunday visitors with mrs l of bracebridge were recent i lehmjpn and family guests of mr and mrs t eng- misses muriel and myrtle lish i gostick were sunday visitors mr d a beer ran his regu- with their parents mr and lar christmas ssopping bus to j mrs f gostick ciaremont shoppers make j a beeline to houstons for your free weather chart cal- 1 cndar for 1936 mr john hous- j ton also has a free rustcraft calendar of memory to help you remember the important persona dates in the coming statistics show that some 55 of every 100 canadian house holds have a car oshawa on saturday afternoon last and will be running it again this coming saturday leaving brougham at 1 pm and returning leave oshawa at 5 we are sorry to hear that mrs stan jewel of sunderland but who is well known to many in this district is now in the womans college hospital toronto all join in wishing her a speedy recovery keep in mind the wms meeting in the church thurs day afternoon dec loth miss margaret burton of de troit visited with her sister mrs m hamilton on sunday a gloom was cast over this district on sunday when it be came known that mr wm clark had passed away sudden ly on saturday evening mr clark has resided in this com munity for several years hav ing purchased the property known as the crawford prop erty later owned by the late stanley noble mr clark was down street as usual for his paper when he became ill but succeeded in reaching home be fore he passed away he leaves to mourn his loss his widow one son and two daughters in terment took place at mimico on tuesday the womans institute spon sored their regular weekly eu chre on tuesday evening last when the following were lucky winners mrs h malcolm mrs ray ellicott and mrs m elli- colt mr d lennox mr h plaxton and master t degeer the regular yearly meeting of the womans association of st johns church was held at the home of mrs geo duncan on wednesday evening last with a good attendance the president mrs x burton gave a report of the recent meeting held at port perry the secre tary read a letter from albert college at belleville it was de cided to remember all the shut- ins at- christmas mrs cassie gave the card for the month the meeting was then turned over to mrs cassie who con ducted the election of officers for the coming year which re sulted as follows hon presi dent mrs x burton pres mrs h miller vice pres mrs thos philip secretary mrs george willson treas mrs h barc lay press secretary mrs mat thews pianist mrs l john ston parsonage committee mrs geo duncan and mrs wm ellicott card convener mrs cassie the program was taken by mrs m ellicott who gav a hu morous reading on christmas down home the meeting closed in the usual way follow ed by a dainty lunch provided by the hostesses mrs george duncan rmd mrs k pascoe congratulations to mr and mrs ken madill on the arrival of a little daughter the sunday school of broug ham will hold their annual christmas concert on thursday evening dec 22 santa will be there so come and see him sorry to report that quite a number in our village are ill with colds mrs shank is nursing her aunt who is quite ill in toronto their many friends were pleased to hear that able sea man bob findlay of hmcs of cape breton flew home on fri day last for a months holidays the white gift service of the baptist ss will be held next sunday morning at 945 dont forget the christmas concerts of both s s to be held on friday december 16th at 8 pm anyone wishing to give dona tions toward the boxes for shut- ins please bring them by next sunday or leave at mrs alf michells by wednesday dec 21st greenwood the sigmac boys meet in the basement of the church on tuesday night christmas tree and concert at the church on dec 22nd the evening wa held their regular meeting at mrs g hennings on wednesday eve ning the sacrament of the lords supper will be observed this sunday the isth at 1115 sun day school at 10 am the drama given last friday night by evening wa was was well received by a fair audience messrs les and ken devitt of toronto called on relatives last sunday the regular and annual mee ting of the afternoon wa was held at mrs p clarkes home last thursday with 12 mem bers present group one took the devotional portion of the program with mrs clarke mrs mclean mrs pascoe and mrs wilson taking part the roll call was answered by a verse containing the word hope the business part of the meet ing was in charge of the presi dent mrs wilson the commit tees chosen at the november meeting reported on the cover ing for the kitchen floor and i ml p stack chairs for the basement i of the church rev mr moore took charge of the election of ollicers as follows honorary j president mrs a pegg past pres mrs p wilspn president i mrs p clarke 1st and 2nd vice 1 presidents mrs brooks and i mrs minaker secretary mrs j p wilson asst may brown j corr mrs m pegg treas mrs e pascoe pianists mrs pascoe and mrs wilson group leaders mrs w brown may brown and mrs brooks mrs moore parsonage mrs minaker citi zenship mrs a pegg flowerj comm mrs reg clarke liter ature mrs wilson cherrywood mrs m holllnger the december meeting of the womans assn of the united church was held in the church j hall on wednesday it was the annual business meeting and the election of officers for 195g i rev g h thomas of markham conducted this election and in stalled this slate of officers as presented by the nominating committee pres mrs r tindall vice- pres mrs g todd secretary mrs n laughlin treasurer mrs d milne corr secty mrs w holmes other officers to be elected were left over till jan uary when rev shapter takes over the work on this pastoral charge encouraging reports were read from the treasurer and the members felt we had had a very successful year mrs j thompson was our guest and contributed two ac cordion solos to the program which were very much enjoyed th devotional period was tak en by mrs d milne the theme of which was the hope of the world in which was stressed the need of the lov ing loyalty of all of us to the newborn king in order that his kingdom would come in fulfillment of the prophecy of isaiah christmas carols were used at this meeting and the president used a christmas call to worship the group in charge had served a delicious hot luncheon prior to the meet ing which was greatly enjoyed by all present white gift was observed on sunday with a number of gifts received for fred victor mis sion the children and a number of mothers enjoyed a christmas party in the hall on saturday given by th teachers and staff of the cherrywood united church sunday school miss mary anna morrish vis ited with her parents mr and mrs roy morrish over the weekend audley balsam corn- mrs christmas shopping is a mad race for presents that usually etils in a tie ciaremont baptist church minister james sinclair lowden sunday services 10 am church school classes for all aires 11 am can we believe the virgin birth 730 pm bethlehem and us good news the christmas bells some like best are on cash registers vvkvwvvvvvvvvvvnvv atha mr and mrs randall spofford and family stouftville were dinner guests with mr and mrs joe tran on sunday many happy birthdays to miss marie draper who cele brated her 9th on saturday de cember 10 many happy birthdays to little dougie dunkeid who had his first blrthdav on thursday dec sih mr pegg also mr nelson were student teachers at atha school last week miss eiiieen draper toronto pent the week at her home and mt ziox mrs b jamlcson the sympathy of this munity goes to mr and sydney knowlton of brooklin in the sudden passing of their little son lloyd on monday dec 5 the active service class met last wednesday at the home of mrs reg hositins mrs walter carson was in charge of the worship and each member do nated a number for the christ- ramme the president mrs hoskins took the chair for the business followed by a social hour and lunch several from here attended the oshawa milk producers banquet at the xorthminster church oshawa last wednes day night sunday visitors at the cecil jones home were mrs howard harper mrs harry harper and daughter of goodwood and mr and mrs harold lewis and family of altona mr l bart had the misfor tune to have his fruit storage building burned on saturday mr and mrs lewis jones and mr and mrs b jamieson at tended their uncles funeral the late hugh draper at brook lin oh wednesday the young people met sun day night at the home of miss shirley empringham christmas tree dates are as follow- balsam school dec 2st mt zion school dec 22nd ml ion ss dec 23rd mrs coffan and mrs fore man spen friday evening with mr 3nd mrs joj tran and family the carruihers family at tended the farewell party held wi at mss anna housers home in mr markham on wednesday-even- pent gathered to bid farewell to mr and mrs jack avis and daugh ter ann before leaving for their new home in whitby they were given many beauti ful gift- the evening was spent singing hymns and car- cls mr and mrs avis thanked their many friends very kindly for her lovely gifis and kind ishes after a dainty lunch was served the pleasant evening closed with singing blest be tie hat binds and wish- mr and mrs avis best ss in their new home trie and thn mrs david tran day and friday f eg hamiv- m- anna lar mildred puckrin xext sunday church and sunday school will be combin ed starting at 2 pm the children are going to present the christmas story parents are invited to attend sunday school will meet first at 13j for distribution of papers etc the sunday school supper will be on thursday december 22 at 630 at the church each family is asked to bring a hot and a cold dish the audley school concert is this friday evening at 8 o clock and the baggotsville chil dren will have their concert on the following wednesday dec 21 mr and mrs james davidson spent the weekend with mr charlie clemence auctioned the boxes realizing a total of twentyfive dollars for club work the election of officers for 1556 took place resulting in the following list east pres fred puckrin pres bob bet- son 1st vice wm brown 2nd vice geo izatt sectreas mrs bert guthrie press secty mrs fred puckrin entertain ment comm mrs c clemence mrs wm guthrie jr mrs geo izatt lorraine matthews mrs arch bell eleanor bell and marvin barlow lunch co mmittee mrs r e hedge mrs geo izatt mrs c white mrs f puckrin flower com mittee mrs wm guthrie jr mrs charlie bell mrs arch beli mrs dick winter mrs ben bryant directors wm guthrie jr bert guthrie geo puckrin chas clemence wel coming committee dick win ter lome saunder before the second world war britain exported coal to canada now with british mines socialized canada ex ports coal to the united king dom santa says sparkling new skating outfits for boys a girls 02 all ages prostyle hockey skates by with tendon mens sizes 612 boys sizes 15 guards bauer ss95 995 695 895 ccm 1395 1095 2995 small boys sizes 1113 595 figure skating sets childs sizes 81 qvi misses sizes 113 sr misses sizes 410 865 s95 1095 with new foam bearhug ankle supports and foam padded tongues white tube skates misses sizes 112 695 womens sizes 310 s45 speeders womens white boois sizes 69 1295 mens black boots sizes 612 1295 tots or beginners semitube sets for 2 s vears black or white boois with builtin ankle supports and strap buckle sizes 613 498 special christmas offer free official hockey puck with each pair of boys skates free pair of guards with each pair of girls skates purchased until christmas sec our wide selection of styles and prices today while size ranges arc complete a small deposit will hold your selection till christmas weldons shoes mens wear phone stouffville 172w yes we make christmas exchanges were summoned to the scene but the outbreak had gained too much headway by the time the trucks more people will be satisfied with their iol if they put in more fertilizer and grass seed this fall ooooo my thanks 1 would like to extend my appreciation to the electors of pickering township and the many sup porters who made possible my election for reeve for 195g i would also extend best wishes to the elector- ale for the coming year wm bill newman reeve pickering township m ow in stock we now have a good supply of american oil cake on hand beet pulp is now also available get your order in while it lasts phone 38 collect ciaremont ontario i stop look listen j ciaremont qospel chapel j wed night 8 pm prayer service friday 8 pm young peoples i come you are welcome 2 sun 10 am sunday school classes for all sunday 11 am morning worship evangelistic service 730 pm rev h g adams converted priest from stouffville i will be the guest speaker o members enjoy the best in join claremont community credit union savings insurance loans enquire at claremont coop executive meeting first tuesday every month 8 pm r hoskins pres claremoiit ph clare 30508 r 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